Originally Posted by
weero
Which lawsuits?
Against passengers who eat peanuts? Never heard of it.
If I buy some food - say B - and passenger A demands that no one on the entire flight can eat food item B, I expect that passenger to buy me an alternative meal or else I will eat B. I'd given them a fair interval to decide and to procure the surrogate meal.
And who has the trump 'right'? Say you had a diabetic on the plane (who, for argument's sake was also lactose / gluten / shellfish / etc. intolerant / kosher / vegan so couldn't eat the food on board) who brought with them their peanut containing trail mix to stabilize their blood sugars. Would they be expected to go in to shock in case the peanut allergy person reacted at the other end of the plane?
Luckily, the airline I fly most often has a reasonable policy, being that those in the immediate area of the allergy sufferer are asked not to eat nuts, but the rest of the plane can (and I assume if their seat mate objected, could be re-seated)
If someone were genuinely THAT allergic I don't see how they can function in public spaces (say, the airport, the train to the airport, a hotel restaurant, etc.)